simplecov 0.15.1 → 0.18.0.beta1

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data/CHANGELOG.md

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+0.18.0.beta1 (2020-01-05)
+===================
+
+This is a huge release highlighted by changing our support for ruby versions to 2.4+ (so things that aren't EOL'ed) and finally adding branch coverage support!
+
+This release is still beta because we'd love for you to test out branch coverage and get your feedback before doing a full release.
+
+On a personal note from [@PragTob](https://github.com/PragTob/) thanks to [ruby together](https://rubytogether.org/) for sponsoring this work on SimpleCov making it possible to deliver this and subsequent releases.
+
+## Breaking
+* Dropped official support for all EOL'ed rubies meaning we only officially support 2.4+ - older rubies might still work but are not guaranteed to do so. Older release should still work. (thanks [@deivid-rodriguez](https://github.com/deivid-rodriguez))
+* Dropped the `rake simplecov` task that "magically" integreated with rails. It was always undocumented, caused some issues and [had some issues](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/issues/689#issuecomment-561572327). Use the integration as described in the README please :)
+
+## Enhancements
+
+* Branch coverage is here! Please try it out and test it! You can activate it with `enable_coverage :branch`. See the README for more details. This is thanks to a bunch of people most notably [@som4ik](https://github.com/som4ik), [@tycooon](https://github.com/tycooon), [@stepozer](https://github.com/stepozer),  [@klyonrad](https://github.com/klyonrad) and your humble maintainers also contributed ;)
+* If the minimum coverage is set to be greater than 100, a warning will be shown. See [#737](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/737) (thanks [@belfazt](https://github.com/belfazt))
+* Add a configuration option to disable the printing of non-successful exit statuses. See [#747](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/746) (thanks [@JacobEvelyn](https://github.com/JacobEvelyn))
+* Calculating 100% coverage is now stricter, so 100% means 100%. See [#680](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/680) thanks [@gleseur](https://github.com/gleseur)
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Add new instance of `Minitest` constant. The `MiniTest` constant (with the capital T) will be removed in the next major release of Minitest. See [#757](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/757) (thanks [@adam12](https://github.com/adam12))
+
+0.17.1 (2019-09-16)
+===================
+
+Bugfix release for problems with ParallelTests.
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Avoid hanging with parallel_tests. See [#746](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/746) (thanks [@annaswims](https://github.com/annaswims))
+
+0.17.0 (2019-07-02)
+===================
+
+Maintenance release with nice convenience features and important bugfixes.
+Notably this **will be the last release to support ruby versions that have reached their end of life**. Moving forward official CRuby support will be 2.4+ and JRuby support will be 9.2+. Older versions might still work but no guarantees.
+
+## Enhancements
+
+* Per default filter hidden files and folders. See [#721](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/721) (thanks [Renuo AG](https://www.renuo.ch))
+* Print the exit status explicitly when it's not a successful build so it's easier figure out SimpleCov failed the build in the output. See [#688](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/688) (thanks [@daemonsy](https://github.com/daemonsy))
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Avoid a premature failure exit code when setting `minimum_coverage` in combination with using [parallel_tests](https://github.com/grosser/parallel_tests). See [#706](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/706) (thanks [@f1sherman](https://github.com/f1sherman))
+* Project roots with special characters no longer cause crashes. See [#717](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/717) (thanks [@deivid-rodriguez](https://github.com/deivid-rodriguez))
+* Avoid continously overriding test results with manual `ResultMergere.store_results` usage. See [#674](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/674) (thanks [@tomeon](https://github.com/tomeon))
+
+0.16.1 (2018-03-16)
+===================
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Include the LICENSE in the distributed gem again (accidentally removed in 0.16.0). (thanks @tas50)
+
+0.16.0 (2018-03-15)
+===================
+
+## Enhancements
+
+* Relax version constraint on `docile`, per SemVer
+* exception that occurred on exit is available as `exit_exception`! See [#639](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/639)  (thanks @thomas07vt)
+* Performance: processing results now runs from 2.5x to 3.75x faster. See [#662](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/662) (thanks @BMorearty & @eregon)
+* Decrease gem size by only shipping lib and docs
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* (breaking) Stop handling string filters as regular expressions, use the dedicated regex filter if you need that behaviour. See [#616](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/616) (thanks @yujinakayama)
+* Avoid overwriting the last coverage results on unsuccessful test runs. See [#625](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/625) (thanks @thomas07vt)
+* Don't crash on invalid UTF-8 byte sequences. (thanks @BMorearty)
+
 0.15.1 (2017-09-11) ([changes](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/compare/v0.15.0...v0.15.1))
 =======
 
@@ -16,7 +89,7 @@
 ## Bugfixes
 
 * Fix merging race condition when running tests in parallel and merging them. See [#570](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/570) (thanks @jenseng)
-* Fix relevant lines for unloaded files - comments, skipped code etc. are correctly classigied as irrelevant. See [#605](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/605) (thanks @odlp)
+* Fix relevant lines for unloaded files - comments, skipped code etc. are correctly classified as irrelevant. See [#605](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/605) (thanks @odlp)
 * Allow using simplecov with frozen-string-literals enabled. See [#590](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/590) (thanks @pat)
 * Make sure Array Filter can use all other filter types. See [#589](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/589) (thanks @jsteel)
 * Make sure file names use `Simplecov.root` as base avoiding using full absolute project paths. See [#589](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/pull/589) (thanks @jsteel)

data/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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+# SimpleCov Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,
+level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal
+appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+ advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+ address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+ professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
+reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions
+that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the project team at simplecov.team@gmail.com. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+
+For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq

data/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 
 You can report issues at https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/issues
 
-Search existing issues for your problem, chances are someone else already reported it.
+Before you go ahead please search existing issues for your problem, chances are someone else already reported it.
 
+To make sure that we can help you quickly please include and check the following information:
+
+ * Include how you run your tests and which testing framework or frameworks you are running.
+    - please ensure you are requiring and starting SimpleCov before requiring any application code.
+    - If running via rake, please ensure you are requiring SimpleCov at the top of your Rakefile
+      For example, if running via RSpec, this would be at the top of your spec_helper.
+    - Have you tried using a [`.simplecov` file](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov#using-simplecov-for-centralized-config)?
  * Include the SimpleCov version you are running in your report.
  * If you are not running the latest version (please check), and you cannot update it,
    please specify in your report why you can't update to the latest version.
  * Include your `ruby -e "puts RUBY_DESCRIPTION"`.
  * Please also specify the gem versions of Rails (if applicable).
  * Include any other coverage gems you may be using and their versions.
- * Include how you run your tests and which testing framework or frameworks you are running.
-    - If running via rake, please ensure you are requiring SimpleCov at the top of your Rakefile
-    - Otherwise, please ensure you are requiring and starting SimpleCov before requiring any application code.
-      For example, if running via RSpec, this would be at the top of your spec_helper.
-    - Have you tried using a [`.simplecov` file](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov#using-simplecov-for-centralized-config)?
 
 Include as much sample code as you can to help us reproduce the issue. (Inline, repo link, or gist, are fine. A failing test would help the most.)
 
@@ -37,12 +39,13 @@ If you want to contribute, please:
   * Make your feature addition or bug fix.
   * Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
   * **Bonus Points** go out to anyone who also updates `CHANGELOG.md` :)
-  * Send me a pull request on Github.
+  * Send me a pull request on GitHub.
 
 ## Running Individual Tests
 
-This project uses Test::Unit. Individual tests can be run like this:
+This project uses RSpec and Cucumber. Individual tests can be run like this:
 
 ```bash
-ruby -I test path/to/test.rb
+bundle exec rspec path/to/test.rb
+bundle exec cucumber path/to/test.feature
 ```

data/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Howdy! Thanks for reporting an issue <3
+
+Before you go ahead please search existing issues for your problem, chances are someone else already reported it.
+
+To make sure that we can help you quickly please include and check the following information:
+
+ * Include how you run your tests and which testing framework or frameworks you are running.
+    - please ensure you are requiring and starting SimpleCov before requiring any application code.
+    - If running via rake, please ensure you are requiring SimpleCov at the top of your Rakefile
+      For example, if running via RSpec, this would be at the top of your spec_helper.
+    - Have you tried using a [`.simplecov` file](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov#using-simplecov-for-centralized-config)?
+ * Include the SimpleCov version you are running in your report.
+ * If you are not running the latest version (please check), and you cannot update it,
+   please specify in your report why you can't update to the latest version.
+ * Include your `ruby -e "puts RUBY_DESCRIPTION"`.
+ * Please also specify the gem versions of Rails (if applicable).
+ * Include any other coverage gems you may be using and their versions.
+
+Include as much sample code as you can to help us reproduce the issue. (Inline, repo link, or gist, are fine. A failing test would help the most.)
+
+This is extremely important for narrowing down the cause of your problem.
+
+Thanks!

data/README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SimpleCov [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/colszowka/simplecov.svg)][Continuous Integration] [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/colszowka/simplecov.svg)][Dependencies] [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/colszowka/simplecov.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/colszowka/simplecov) [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/colszowka/simplecov.svg)](http://inch-ci.org/github/colszowka/simplecov)
+SimpleCov [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/simplecov.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/simplecov) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/colszowka/simplecov.svg?branch=master)][Continuous Integration] [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/colszowka/simplecov.svg)](https://codeclimate.com/github/colszowka/simplecov) [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/colszowka/simplecov.svg)](http://inch-ci.org/github/colszowka/simplecov)
 =========
 **Code coverage for Ruby**
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SimpleCov [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/colszowka/simplecov.svg)][Conti
   * [Rubygem]
   * [Continuous Integration]
 
-[Coverage]: http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.1.0/libdoc/coverage/rdoc/Coverage.html "API doc for Ruby's Coverage library"
+[Coverage]: https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/coverage/rdoc/Coverage.html "API doc for Ruby's Coverage library"
 [Source Code]: https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov "Source Code @ GitHub"
 [API documentation]: http://rubydoc.info/gems/simplecov/frames "RDoc API Documentation at Rubydoc.info"
 [Configuration]: http://rubydoc.info/gems/simplecov/SimpleCov/Configuration "Configuration options API documentation"
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ SimpleCov is a code coverage analysis tool for Ruby. It uses [Ruby's built-in Co
 coverage data, but makes processing its results much easier by providing a clean API to filter, group, merge, format,
 and display those results, giving you a complete code coverage suite that can be set up with just a couple lines of
 code.
+SimpleCov/Coverage track covered ruby code, gathering coverage for common templating solutions like erb, slim and haml is not supported.
 
 In most cases, you'll want overall coverage results for your projects, including all types of tests, Cucumber features,
 etc. SimpleCov automatically takes care of this by caching and merging results when generating reports, so your
 report actually includes coverage across your test suites and thereby gives you a better picture of blank spots.
 
-The official formatter of SimpleCov is packaged as a separate gem called [simplecov-html], but will be installed and configured
-automatically when you launch SimpleCov. If you're curious, you can find it [on Github, too][simplecov-html].
+The official formatter of SimpleCov is packaged as a separate gem called [simplecov-html], but will be installed and
+configured automatically when you launch SimpleCov. If you're curious, you can find it [on GitHub, too][simplecov-html].
 
 
 ## Contact
@@ -36,21 +37,23 @@ automatically when you launch SimpleCov. If you're curious, you can find it [on
 *Code and Bug Reports*
 
 * [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/issues)
-* See [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to contribute along with some common problems to check out before creating an issue.
+* See [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for how to contribute along
+with some common problems to check out before creating an issue.
 
 *Questions, Problems, Suggestions, etc.*
 
-* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/simplecov) "Open mailing list for discussion and announcements on Google Groups"
+* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/simplecov) "Open mailing list for discussion and announcements
+on Google Groups"
 
 Getting started
 ---------------
 1. Add SimpleCov to your `Gemfile` and `bundle install`:
 
     ```ruby
-    gem 'simplecov', :require => false, :group => :test
+    gem 'simplecov', require: false, group: :test
     ```
 2. Load and launch SimpleCov **at the very top** of your `test/test_helper.rb`
-   (*or `spec_helper.rb`, cucumber `env.rb`, or whatever your preferred test
+   (*or `spec_helper.rb`, `rails_helper`, cucumber `env.rb`, or whatever your preferred test
    framework uses*):
 
     ```ruby
@@ -70,8 +73,8 @@ Getting started
     endpoint) via a separate test process (e.g. when using Selenium) where you
     want to see all code executed by the `rails server`, and not just code
     executed in your actual test files, you'll want to add something like this
-    to the top of `script/rails` (or `bin/rails` for Rails 4), but below the
-    "shebang" line (`#! /usr/bin/env ruby`):
+    to the top of `bin/rails`, but below the "shebang" line (`#! /usr/bin/env
+    ruby`):
 
     ```ruby
     if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'test'
@@ -81,23 +84,41 @@ Getting started
     end
     ```
 
-3. Run your tests, open up `coverage/index.html` in your browser and check out
-   what you've missed so far.
-4. Add the following to your `.gitignore` file to ensure that coverage results
+3. Run your full test suite to see the percent coverage that your application has.
+4. After running your tests, open `coverage/index.html` in the browser of your choice. For example, in a Mac Terminal,
+   run the following command from your application's root directory:
+
+   ```
+   open coverage/index.html
+   ```
+   in a debian/ubuntu Terminal,
+
+   ```
+   xdg-open coverage/index.html
+   ```
+
+   **Note:** [This guide](https://dwheeler.com/essays/open-files-urls.html) can help if you're unsure which command your particular
+   operating system requires.
+
+5. Add the following to your `.gitignore` file to ensure that coverage results
    are not tracked by Git (optional):
 
-    ```
-    coverage
-    ```
+   ```
+   echo "coverage" >> .gitignore
+   ```
+   Or if you use Windows:
+   ```
+   echo coverage >> .gitignore
+   ```
 
-    If you're making a Rails application, SimpleCov comes with built-in configurations (see below for information on profiles)
-    that will get you started with groups for your Controllers, Views, Models and Helpers. To use it, the first two lines of
-    your test_helper should be like this:
+   If you're making a Rails application, SimpleCov comes with built-in configurations (see below for information on
+   profiles) that will get you started with groups for your Controllers, Models and Helpers. To use it, the
+   first two lines of your test_helper should be like this:
 
-    ```ruby
-    require 'simplecov'
-    SimpleCov.start 'rails'
-    ```
+   ```ruby
+   require 'simplecov'
+   SimpleCov.start 'rails'
+   ```
 
 ## Example output
 
@@ -123,8 +144,9 @@ require 'simplecov'
 SimpleCov.start 'rails'
 ```
 
-You could even track what kind of code your UI testers are touching if you want to go overboard with things. SimpleCov does not
-care what kind of framework it is running in; it just looks at what code is being executed and generates a report about it.
+You could even track what kind of code your UI testers are touching if you want to go overboard with things. SimpleCov
+does not care what kind of framework it is running in; it just looks at what code is being executed and generates a
+report about it.
 
 ### Notes on specific frameworks and test utilities
 
@@ -133,17 +155,6 @@ to use SimpleCov with them. Here's an overview of the known ones:
 
 <table>
   <tr><th>Framework</th><th>Notes</th><th>Issue</th></tr>
-  <tr>
-    <th>
-      bootsnap
-    </th>
-    <td>
-      <a href="#want-to-use-bootsnap-with-simplecov">See section below.</a>
-    </td>
-    <td>
-      <a href="https://github.com/Shopify/bootsnap/issues/35">Shopify/bootsnap#35</a>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
   <tr>
     <th>
       parallel_tests
@@ -230,7 +241,8 @@ to use SimpleCov with them. Here's an overview of the known ones:
     ```ruby
     SimpleCov.some_config_option 'foo'
     ```
-* If you do not want to start coverage immediately after launch or want to add additional configuration later on in a concise way, use:
+* If you do not want to start coverage immediately after launch or want to add additional configuration later on in a
+  concise way, use:
 
     ```ruby
     SimpleCov.configure do
@@ -242,11 +254,12 @@ Please check out the [Configuration] API documentation to find out what you can
 
 ## Using .simplecov for centralized config
 
-If you use SimpleCov to merge multiple test suite results (e.g. Test/Unit and Cucumber) into a single report, you'd normally have to
-set up all your config options twice, once in `test_helper.rb` and once in `env.rb`.
+If you use SimpleCov to merge multiple test suite results (e.g. Test/Unit and Cucumber) into a single report, you'd
+normally have to set up all your config options twice, once in `test_helper.rb` and once in `env.rb`.
 
-To avoid this, you can place a file called `.simplecov` in your project root. You can then just leave the `require 'simplecov'` in each
-test setup helper and move the `SimpleCov.start` code with all your custom config options into `.simplecov`:
+To avoid this, you can place a file called `.simplecov` in your project root. You can then just leave the
+`require 'simplecov'` in each test setup helper (**at the top**) and move the `SimpleCov.start` code with all your
+custom config options into `.simplecov`:
 
 ```ruby
 # test/test_helper.rb
@@ -260,21 +273,70 @@ SimpleCov.start 'rails' do
   # any custom configs like groups and filters can be here at a central place
 end
 ```
-Using `.simplecov` rather than separately requiring SimpleCov multiple times is recommended if you are merging multiple test frameworks like Cucumber and RSpec that rely on each other, as invoking SimpleCov multiple times can cause coverage information to be lost.
+
+Using `.simplecov` rather than separately requiring SimpleCov multiple times is recommended if you are merging multiple
+test frameworks like Cucumber and RSpec that rely on each other, as invoking SimpleCov multiple times can cause coverage
+information to be lost.
+
+## Branch coverage (ruby "~> 2.5")
+Add branch coverage measurement statistics to your results. Supported in CRuby versions 2.5+.
+
+```ruby
+# or in configure or just SimpleCov.enable_coverage :branch
+SimpleCov.start do
+  enable_coverage :branch
+end
+```
+
+Branch coverage is a feature introduced in Ruby 2.5 concerning itself with whether a
+particular branch of a condition had been executed. Line coverage on the other hand
+is only interested in whether a line of code has been executed.
+
+This comes in handy for instance for one line conditionals:
+
+```ruby
+number.odd? ? "odd" : "even"
+```
+
+In line coverage this line would always be marked as executed but you'd never know if both
+conditions were met. Guard clauses have a similar story:
+
+```ruby
+return if number.odd?
+
+# more code
+```
+
+If all the code in that method was covered you'd never know if the guard clause was ever
+triggered with line coverage as just evaluating the condition marks it as covered.
+
+In the HTML report the lines of code will be annotated like `hit_count, positive_or_negative_branch`:
+
+* `2, +` - the positive branch was executed twice
+* `0, -` - the negative branch was never executed
+
+**Is branch coverage strictly better?** No. Branch coverage really only concerns itself with
+conditionals - meaning coverage of sequential code is of no interest to it. A file without
+conditional logic will have no branch coverage data and SimpleCov will report 0 of 0
+branches covered as 100% (as everything that can be covered was covered).
+
+Hence, we recommend looking at both metrics together. Branch coverage might also be a good
+overall metric to look at - while you might be missing only 10% of your lines that might
+account for 50% of your branches for instance.
 
 ## Filters
 
-Filters can be used to remove selected files from your coverage data. By default, a filter is applied that removes all files
-OUTSIDE of your project's root directory - otherwise you'd end up with billions of coverage reports for source files in the
-gems you are using.
+Filters can be used to remove selected files from your coverage data. By default, a filter is applied that removes all
+files OUTSIDE of your project's root directory - otherwise you'd end up with billions of coverage reports for source
+files in the gems you are using.
 
 You can define your own to remove things like configuration files, tests or whatever you don't need in your coverage
 report.
 
 ### Defining custom filters
 
-You can currently define a filter using either a String or Regexp (that will then be Regexp-matched against each source file's path),
-a block or by passing in your own Filter class.
+You can currently define a filter using either a String or Regexp (that will then be Regexp-matched against each source
+file's path), a block or by passing in your own Filter class.
 
 #### String filter
 
@@ -306,9 +368,10 @@ SimpleCov.start do
 end
 ```
 
-Block filters receive a SimpleCov::SourceFile instance and expect your block to return either true (if the file is to be removed
-from the result) or false (if the result should be kept). Please check out the RDoc for SimpleCov::SourceFile to learn about the
-methods available to you. In the above example, the filter will remove all files that have less than 5 lines of code.
+Block filters receive a SimpleCov::SourceFile instance and expect your block to return either true (if the file is to be
+removed from the result) or false (if the result should be kept). Please check out the RDoc for SimpleCov::SourceFile to
+learn about the methods available to you. In the above example, the filter will remove all files that have less than 5
+lines of code.
 
 #### Custom filter class
 
@@ -322,9 +385,10 @@ end
 SimpleCov.add_filter LineFilter.new(5)
 ```
 
-Defining your own filters is pretty easy: Just inherit from SimpleCov::Filter and define a method 'matches?(source_file)'. When running
-the filter, a true return value from this method will result in the removal of the given source_file. The filter_argument method
-is being set in the SimpleCov::Filter initialize method and thus is set to 5 in this example.
+Defining your own filters is pretty easy: Just inherit from SimpleCov::Filter and define a method
+'matches?(source_file)'. When running the filter, a true return value from this method will result in the removal of the
+given source_file. The filter_argument method is being set in the SimpleCov::Filter initialize method and thus is set to
+5 in this example.
 
 #### Array filter
 
@@ -351,7 +415,9 @@ end
 
 The name of the token can be changed to your liking. [Learn more about the nocov feature.]( https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/blob/master/features/config_nocov_token.feature)
 
-**Note:** You shouldn't have to use the nocov token to skip private methods that are being included in your coverage. If you appropriately test the public interface of your classes and objects you should automatically get full coverage of your private methods.
+**Note:** You shouldn't have to use the nocov token to skip private methods that are being included in your coverage. If
+you appropriately test the public interface of your classes and objects you should automatically get full coverage of
+your private methods.
 
 ## Default root filter and coverage for things outside of it
 
@@ -374,8 +440,8 @@ end
 
 You can separate your source files into groups. For example, in a Rails app, you'll want to have separate listings for
 Models, Controllers, Helpers, and Libs. Group definition works similarly to Filters (and also accepts custom
-filter classes), but source files end up in a group when the filter passes (returns true), as opposed to filtering results,
-which exclude files from results when the filter results in a true value.
+filter classes), but source files end up in a group when the filter passes (returns true), as opposed to filtering
+results, which exclude files from results when the filter results in a true value.
 
 Add your groups with:
 
@@ -465,13 +531,15 @@ You can deactivate merging altogether with `SimpleCov.use_merging false`.
 
 ## Running coverage only on demand
 
-The Ruby STDLIB Coverage library that SimpleCov builds upon is *very* fast (on a ~10 min Rails test suite, the speed drop was
-only a couple seconds for me), and therefore it's SimpleCov's policy to just generate coverage every time you run your tests because
-it doesn't do your test speed any harm and you're always equipped with the latest and greatest coverage results.
+The Ruby STDLIB Coverage library that SimpleCov builds upon is *very* fast (on a ~10 min Rails test suite, the speed
+drop was only a couple seconds for me), and therefore it's SimpleCov's policy to just generate coverage every time you
+run your tests because it doesn't do your test speed any harm and you're always equipped with the latest and greatest
+coverage results.
 
 Because of this, SimpleCov has no explicit built-in mechanism to run coverage only on demand.
 
-However, you can still accomplish this very easily by introducing an ENV variable conditional into your SimpleCov setup block, like this:
+However, you can still accomplish this very easily by introducing an ENV variable conditional into your SimpleCov setup
+block, like this:
 
 ```ruby
 SimpleCov.start if ENV["COVERAGE"]
@@ -483,6 +551,21 @@ Then, SimpleCov will only run if you execute your tests like this:
 COVERAGE=true rake test
 ```
 
+## Errors and exit statuses
+
+To aid in debugging issues, if an error is raised, SimpleCov will print a message to `STDERR`
+with the exit status of the error, like:
+
+```
+SimpleCov failed with exit 1
+```
+
+This `STDERR` message can be disabled with:
+
+```
+SimpleCov.print_error_status = false
+```
+
 ## Profiles
 
 By default, SimpleCov's only config assumption is that you only want coverage reports for files inside your project
@@ -520,8 +603,8 @@ end
 
 ### Custom profiles
 
-You can load additional profiles with the SimpleCov.load_profile('xyz') method. This allows you to build upon an existing
-profile and customize it so you can reuse it in unit tests and Cucumber features. For example:
+You can load additional profiles with the SimpleCov.load_profile('xyz') method. This allows you to build upon an
+existing profile and customize it so you can reuse it in unit tests and Cucumber features. For example:
 
 ```ruby
 # lib/simplecov_custom_profile.rb
@@ -562,7 +645,8 @@ SimpleCov.minimum_coverage 90
 
 ### Minimum coverage by file
 
-You can define the minimum coverage by file percentage expected. SimpleCov will return non-zero if unmet. This is useful to help ensure coverage is relatively consistent, rather than being skewed by particularly good or bad areas of the code.
+You can define the minimum coverage by file percentage expected. SimpleCov will return non-zero if unmet. This is useful
+to help ensure coverage is relatively consistent, rather than being skewed by particularly good or bad areas of the code.
 
 ```ruby
 SimpleCov.minimum_coverage_by_file 80
@@ -592,8 +676,8 @@ You can use your own formatter with:
 SimpleCov.formatter = SimpleCov::Formatter::HTMLFormatter
 ```
 
-When calling SimpleCov.result.format!, it will be invoked with SimpleCov::Formatter::YourFormatter.new.format(result), "result"
-being an instance of SimpleCov::Result. Do whatever your wish with that!
+When calling SimpleCov.result.format!, it will be invoked with SimpleCov::Formatter::YourFormatter.new.format(result),
+"result" being an instance of SimpleCov::Result. Do whatever your wish with that!
 
 
 ## Using multiple formatters
@@ -615,11 +699,9 @@ SimpleCov.formatters = SimpleCov::Formatter::MultiFormatter.new([
 
 ## Ruby version compatibility
 
-Only Ruby 1.9+ ships with the coverage library that SimpleCov depends upon and that's what SimpleCov supports. Additionally JRuby 9.1+ is supported as well, while JRuby 1.7 and 9.0 should work they're not "officially" supported.
-SimpleCov is also built against Ruby 1.8 in [Continuous Integration], but this happens only to ensure that SimpleCov
-does not make your test suite crash right now.
+SimpleCov is built in [Continuous Integration] on Ruby 2.4+ as well as JRuby 9.2+.
 
-SimpleCov is built in [Continuous Integration] on Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 as well as JRuby 9.1.
+Note for JRuby => You need to pass JRUBY_OPTS="--debug" or create .jrubyrc and add debug.fullTrace=true
 
 ## Want to find dead code in production?
 
@@ -627,48 +709,67 @@ Try [Coverband](https://github.com/danmayer/coverband).
 
 ## Want to use Spring with SimpleCov?
 
-If you're using [Spring](https://github.com/rails/spring) to speed up test suite runs and want to run SimpleCov along with them, you'll find that it often misreports coverage with the default config due to some sort of eager loading issue. Don't despair!
+If you're using [Spring](https://github.com/rails/spring) to speed up test suite runs and want to run SimpleCov along
+with them, you'll find that it often misreports coverage with the default config due to some sort of eager loading
+issue. Don't despair!
 
-1. Change the following settings in `test.rb`.
+One solution is to [explicitly call eager
+load](https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov/issues/381#issuecomment-347651728)
+in your `test_helper.rb` / `spec_helper.rb` after calling `SimpleCov.start`.
 
-    ```ruby
-    # For Rails 4 or earlier, use the following configuration:
-    # Disable Rails's static asset server (Apache or nginx will already do this)
-    config.serve_static_files = false
-    config.eager_load = false
-
-    # For Rails 5, use the following configuration:
-    # Disable Rails's static asset server (Apache or nginx will already do this)
-    config.public_file_server.enabled = false
-    config.eager_load = false
-    ```
-2. Add your SimpleCov config, as you normally would, to your `spec_helper.rb`
-   (or `rails_helper.rb` for RSpec 3). If you have a `config/spring.rb` file
-   (or anything similar), add it to the start of such file. Here's a simple
-   version of what the config should look like:
+```ruby
+require 'simplecov'
+SimpleCov.start 'rails'
+Rails.application.eager_load!
+```
 
-    ```ruby
-    if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'test'
-      require 'simplecov'
-      SimpleCov.start
-    end
-    ```
-3. Run `spring rspec <path>` as normal. Remember to run `spring stop` after
-   making important changes to your app or its specs!
-   
-## Want to use bootsnap with SimpleCov?
+Alternatively, you could disable Spring while running SimpleCov:
 
-As mentioned in [this issue](https://github.com/Shopify/bootsnap/issues/35) iseq
-loading/dumping doesn't work with coverage. Hence you need to deactivate it when
-you run coverage so for instance when you use the environment `COVERAGE=true` to
-decide that you want to gather coverage you can do:
+```
+DISABLE_SPRING=1 rake test
+```
+
+Or you could remove `gem 'spring'` from your `Gemfile`.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+The **most common problem is that simplecov isn't required and started before everything else**. In order to track
+coverage for your whole application **simplecov needs to be the first one** so that it (and the underlying coverage
+library) can subsequently track loaded files and their usage.
+
+If you are missing coverage for some code a simple trick is to put a puts statement in there and right after
+`SimpleCov.start` so you can see if the file really was loaded after simplecov was started.
 
 ```ruby
-Bootsnap.setup(
-  compile_cache_iseq:   !ENV["COVERAGE"], # Compile Ruby code into ISeq cache, breaks coverage reporting.
-  # all those other options
-)
+# my_code.rb
+class MyCode
+
+  puts "MyCode is being loaded!"
+
+  def my_method
+    # ...
+  end
+end
+
+# spec_helper.rb/rails_helper.rb/test_helper.rb/.simplecov whatever
+
+SimpleCov.start
+puts "SimpleCov started successfully!"
+```
+
+Now when you run your test suite and you see:
+
 ```
+SimpleCov started successfully!
+MyCode is being loaded!
+```
+
+then it's good otherwise you likely have a problem :)
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+Everyone participating in this project's development, issue trackers and other channels is expected to follow our
+[Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
 
 ## Contributing